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WWUS85 KGJT 182056
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
156 PM MST WED FEB 18 2026
COZ009-011-014-017-018-020-182130-
UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY CO-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS CO-
UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU/DALLAS DIVIDE CO-
CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN CO-
PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER CO-
NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS CO-
156 PM MST WED FEB 18 2026
..GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN OURAY
SOUTHERN DELTA AND
EASTERN MONTROSE COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM MST...
AT 156 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING GUSTY SHOWERS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF DELTA TO 10 MILES NORTH OF NORWOOD.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTROSE, DELTA, ORCHARD CITY, CEDAREDGE, OLATHE, HOTCHKISS, LAZEAR,
COLONA, CORY, ECKERT, AND AUSTIN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 550 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 130.
U.S. HIGHWAY 50 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 106.
COLORADO 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10.
COLORADO 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 89.
COLORADO 92 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 23.
COLORADO 133 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3897 10768 3828 10765 3817 10837 3877 10836
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 247DEG 40KT 3877 10827 3828 10825
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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